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RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20.1917.

Patented July 15, 1919 L31QG86.

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IG-UMA M031, 0]? NISHINARI-G-UN, OSAKA-FIT, JAPAN.

RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 20, 1917, Serial No. 197,722.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, IGUMA MORI, citizen of Japan, residing at No. 123 Daini, Sagisu- .Cho, Nishinari-Gun, Osaka-Fu, Japan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to the safety razor or ordinary ones and the like, in which an arrangement is made for the purpose of keeping the blade warm bythe employment 'of a heated material during use, and it has for its particular 0b]ect to make shaving much more comfortable and easy, to save frequent whetting, and to increase the durability of the blade.

The explanation of drawing.Figure 1 is a sectional view of a safety razor, in which a hot water chamber is provided in close touch with the blade in order to transmit heat to the latter according to the principle of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the razor in a perpendicular position.

Fig. 3 is a plan ofthe razor with the han- Detailed descwiption.As already stated, the object of the invention being to make shaving more comfortable and easy, and to save the frequent trouble of whetting by means of a special arrangement, by which a suitable degree of heat can be given during use to the edges of the razor of any type and shape, a detailed description will hereinafter be made, taking for an example the case of a safety razor, to which a warming chamber of a suitable design is provided for the purpose of heating the blade as shown in the drawing attached.

A "detachable warming chamber (01) is placed between the handle (0) and theblade (b) which is clamped by the blade fixer (a) the same manner, viz, with properly designed water heating arrangements to keep the blade Warm while in use. It can be ascertained by a simple experiment that when the blade is heated above the temperature of the human body it shaves so finely and comfortably that a downward pare with it is as effectual as an upward pare with an ordinary razor, and that it never irritates the skin, and that frequent whetting becomes quite unnecessary. Even old abandoned razors can be used afresh with good results, if with the aforesaid arrangement.

A heated blade has the natural effect of expanding the part of the skinwith which it has come into contact. The expansion of the skin causes the root part of the hair to rise up and expose itself, when the fat,

-which always stays at the lower end of the hair, and which chiefly impedes the work of the razor on account of its lubricous Patentedduly 15, 1919.;

character, melts away on getting the heat from the blade. A great obstacle to fine shaving is thus overcome, the blade having now a, readier and surer grip on hairs, a close and comfortable shaving is made possible.

I do not Wish to be limited to the exact construction shown as the same may be altered without departing fromthe spirit of the/invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

- 1. 'A razor comprising the combination of a razor blade, and means carried by the razor and associated with said blade for transmitting heat directly to the blade. e

razor comprising the combination with a blade, of a' container adapted and arranged to carry means for heating said blade, said container having means for resisting radiation of heat therefrom and also having a wall thereof disposed in contact with said blade.

3. A razor comprising the combination of a razor blade and means carried by the razor and disposed in contact with said blade for heating the same.

4. A razor comprising, in combination, a blade, a handle, and a container engaging said blade and disposed between said blade and handle, said container being arranged to inclose heating means and totrans'mit heat therefrom to said blade.

5. A razor comprising, in combination, a

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blade, a container having insulated side and container disposed between said handle and top Walls and a non-insulated bottom Wall, blade, and means whereby onewall of said and means for clamping said container container is clamped in contact with said 10 against said blade with said bottom Wall in blade. contact with said blade. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix m 6. A razor comprising, in combination, a signature. blade, a support for said blade, a handle, a IGUMA MORE 

